[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13316-13317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6493]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Loan Information System Records for the DHHS and DHUD 
Hospital Mortgage Insurance, Guarantee, and Direct Loan Programs (OMB 
No. 0915-0174)--Revision

    The Division of Facilities and Loans within the Health Resources 
and Services Administration monitors outstanding direct and guaranteed 
loans made under section 621 of title VI and section 1601 of title XVI 
of the Public Health Service Act, as well as loans insured under the 
section 242 Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program of the National Housing 
Act. These programs were designed to aid construction and modernization 
of health care facilities by increasing the access of facilities to 
capital through the assumption of the mortgage credit risk by the 
Federal government.
    Operating statistics and financial information are collected 
annually from hospitals with mortgages that are insured under these 
programs. The

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information is used to monitor the financial stability of the hospitals 
to protect the Federal investment in these facilities. The form used 
for the data collection is the Hospital Facility Data Abstract.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per        Total hour
                    Form                        respondents       respondent        response          burden
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Hospital Facility Data Abstract.............             175                1                1              175
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: March 12, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-6493 Filed 3-18-03; 8:45 am]
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